George eger



e. EGERQ GAUGE FOR CARPENTERS PLANES -AND"THE LIKE- APPLICATION men JUNE 6. 1921.

1,412,609. Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

UNITED sures PATENT OFFlQE.

GEORGE EGER, OF PLAINVILCLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNGR TO THE STANLEY WORKS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

GAUGE FOR TEE-S naiiaeoe.

Application filed June 6, 1921.

T 0 oil whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Earn, a citizen oi the United States, and a resident of Plainville, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Gauge for Carpenters Planes and the like, of which the :lollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to a gauge or fence for use in connection with a combination tool or plane of the type for forming beads, grooves and all. kinds of moldings, and the aim of the invention is to provide a gauge of this kind with means for preventing it from being thrown out of set adjustment or alinement relative to the cutter.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a plane or carpentcrs plow to which the improved gauge of the present invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view looking at the front of the plane.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved gauge or fence.

The plane or plow shown in Fig. l is of an old and well known type and, as here shown the parts are set up or adjusted to form a bead on the corner or edge Of a matched timber, shown in dotted lines Fig. 1.. The plane in its main parts comprises a main stock a provided with a runner b and a handle 0. (Z is a sliding section adjustably supported on arms 6 and carrying an adj ustable runner The letter 9 denotes the cutter which is adjustably supported on the main stock a.

The gauge or fence to which the present invention particularly relates comprises an upper plate 10, a lower plate 11 adjustably ;onnectcd thereto, and a post 12 extending into a socket or opening in a housing 13. The post is clamped in this socket by means of a thumb screw 1.4L In the present instance, the lower plate is connected to the upper one by screws 15, and the openings 16 in the upper plate 10 through which these screws extend are elongated so as to allow .tor ad ustinent of the lower plate 11.

The present invention resides in providing for such interengagement between the gauge Specification of Letters Patent.

PLANES AND THE LIKE.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

Serial No. 475,240.

and one of the runners that the gauge is securely held against movement or displace ment from its properly adjusted position. In the present instance, this result is RCCOIH" plished by providing in the upper face of the plate 11 and adjacent its active edge a longitudinally extending groove or slot 17 which is adapted to receive the lower edge of one of the runners, in the present instance runner f.

As previously stated, the parts of the plow are shown as being adjustably set up to form a bead along the edge or corner of a matched timber. The gauge is so set that the ed 'e ot the plate it engages the side face or the timber so that the gauge acts in the nature of a fence or guide. The inner edge 01 the plate It is immediately beneath the inner point o'l the cutter g so that the round of the bead will merge without a break or shoulder into the straight face of the tim her. In the absence of the groove l7, it has been found that in operation considerable difiiculty and trouble have been experienced in that owing to the pressure which must be exerted to keep the edge of the plate 11 flush. against the side edge of the timber, the gauge will tend to turn in the housing 13 resulting in taulty work. This dil'liculty is obviated by providing the groove 1.7 in the plate, for it will be seen that when the edge of the runner engages in this groove, the plate is securciy anchored and is effectively prevented from truning or twisting or being forced out of alinement.

I claim as my invention 1- 1. A gauge or fence for use in connection with a plane having a runner, including a vertical post, a plate carried by said post, and means on said plate adapted to cooperate with said runner tor anchoring said plate against lateral dis 'ilacement relative thereto.

2. A gauge or fence for use in connection with a plane having runner, including a plate having a groove adapted to receive the bottom edge of the runner, and means for connecting said plate to the plane.

3. A. gauge for use in connection with a plane having a runner, including a post, a

plate connected to said post, and a plate ad- 1 1 l uswbiy cennecteu to saw first plate and hzwlng a longitudinally extendmg groove ad acent one edge adapted to l'ecelve the bottom edge of the runner of the plane.

4. 1n comblnatlon a plane ha 'vmg a runner and :1 socket; and a gauge lneludmg a post secured said socket, a plate carried by said post, and means on said plate eelapted to (reoperate with said runner for anchor- 10 ing said plate against Intel-21 displacement relative thereto. I

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